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Summary Of All The Arguments For And Against Richard Brothers.
would come upon the children of Israel , so did Christ . Moses interceded for sinners—Christ laid down his life as a ransom for them . Moses instituted the passover—Christ instituted the eucharist . Moses set up the brazen serpent in the wilderness—Christ was lifted up on the cross that he mig ht draw all men unto him . Moses was a lawgiver—so was Christ , & c . Home then quotes the following text of
from Scripture to show that our Saviour alluded to this prophecy Moses as appertaining to him ( John , ch . v . ver . 45 , 4 6 . ) , Do not think that I will accuse you to tbe Father : there is one that accasetb you , even Moses , in whom ye trust ; for had you believed Moses ye would have believed me , FOR HE WROTE OF ME . —This writer further informs usthat the prediction against those who would not hearken
, to this prophet ' s words was remarkably fulfilled in the severe judgment executed upon the Jewish nation for their cruel treatment o £ the prophets in general , and of the Messiah in particular—he says , the horrors , discord , and distress , which preceded the taking of Jerusalem by Titus , are not to be parallelled in history , ancient or modern-Home then ridicules the pretended likeness of Brothers to Moses ,
declaring that several besides him may make the same pretensions ; alluding also to the part where Halhed says Mr . Brothers cut a wand in 1792 , which is to perform precisely the same miracle with the former wand of Moses ; he observes that the prophet has herein acted very unlike unto Moses , for the latter , instead of promising , performed the miracle at once
. . Bryan informs us , that he first doubted the veracity of Brothers , but that since , by divine inspiration , he is convinced that he is the prophet that was promised . This writer does not enter into any arguments , only gives a story of his own unbelief and conversion .
The admonitory letter to Mr . Pitt , by an anonymous hand , treats ; the whole business as an imposition ; and instead of likening Brothers to Moses , draws a parallel between him and Mahomet . The declaration that Brothers was born in London is absolutely contradicted by Home , who declares , that Brothers himself , when in Newgate , asserted , that be was not born in London ; however , Mr . H ., does not where be was born . This writer also proceeds to explain
say the szd verse of Acts iii . ( as Brothers said it was an allusion to himself only ) in the following manner : For Moses truly said unto the fathers , a prophet shall the Lord God raise up unto you of your brethren like unto me : him shall you hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you . The word TRULY , in the first line of this verse , implies the then accomplishment , of the prediction in the coming of our
Saviour ; otherwise St . Peter could not have declared that Moses had TRULY said it . Home observes , that Brothers , though commanded to insert and explain the viith chapter of the same book ( as a further corroboration of his mission ) , has skipped several verses , particularly the following , which confutes him at once : —Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted ? And they have slain them which shewed before of tbe coming of the Just One , of whom , ye have been noiv the betrayers and murderers . The Just One , which . is apparently
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Summary Of All The Arguments For And Against Richard Brothers.
would come upon the children of Israel , so did Christ . Moses interceded for sinners—Christ laid down his life as a ransom for them . Moses instituted the passover—Christ instituted the eucharist . Moses set up the brazen serpent in the wilderness—Christ was lifted up on the cross that he mig ht draw all men unto him . Moses was a lawgiver—so was Christ , & c . Home then quotes the following text of
from Scripture to show that our Saviour alluded to this prophecy Moses as appertaining to him ( John , ch . v . ver . 45 , 4 6 . ) , Do not think that I will accuse you to tbe Father : there is one that accasetb you , even Moses , in whom ye trust ; for had you believed Moses ye would have believed me , FOR HE WROTE OF ME . —This writer further informs usthat the prediction against those who would not hearken
, to this prophet ' s words was remarkably fulfilled in the severe judgment executed upon the Jewish nation for their cruel treatment o £ the prophets in general , and of the Messiah in particular—he says , the horrors , discord , and distress , which preceded the taking of Jerusalem by Titus , are not to be parallelled in history , ancient or modern-Home then ridicules the pretended likeness of Brothers to Moses ,
declaring that several besides him may make the same pretensions ; alluding also to the part where Halhed says Mr . Brothers cut a wand in 1792 , which is to perform precisely the same miracle with the former wand of Moses ; he observes that the prophet has herein acted very unlike unto Moses , for the latter , instead of promising , performed the miracle at once
. . Bryan informs us , that he first doubted the veracity of Brothers , but that since , by divine inspiration , he is convinced that he is the prophet that was promised . This writer does not enter into any arguments , only gives a story of his own unbelief and conversion .
The admonitory letter to Mr . Pitt , by an anonymous hand , treats ; the whole business as an imposition ; and instead of likening Brothers to Moses , draws a parallel between him and Mahomet . The declaration that Brothers was born in London is absolutely contradicted by Home , who declares , that Brothers himself , when in Newgate , asserted , that be was not born in London ; however , Mr . H ., does not where be was born . This writer also proceeds to explain
say the szd verse of Acts iii . ( as Brothers said it was an allusion to himself only ) in the following manner : For Moses truly said unto the fathers , a prophet shall the Lord God raise up unto you of your brethren like unto me : him shall you hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you . The word TRULY , in the first line of this verse , implies the then accomplishment , of the prediction in the coming of our
Saviour ; otherwise St . Peter could not have declared that Moses had TRULY said it . Home observes , that Brothers , though commanded to insert and explain the viith chapter of the same book ( as a further corroboration of his mission ) , has skipped several verses , particularly the following , which confutes him at once : —Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted ? And they have slain them which shewed before of tbe coming of the Just One , of whom , ye have been noiv the betrayers and murderers . The Just One , which . is apparently